Remember when the NFL banished Colin Kaepernick for life for kneeling during the US anthem to raise awareness about police brutality and racial inequality?
W.E.D.em Boyz@leftistwonk.bsky.social · 3d agoJesus Christ. Sophie Cunningham fully embracing the right wing grift.
“power LinkedIn posters”
Manisha Krishnan@manishakrishnan.bsky.social · last wk.Authors and journalists are doing more first-person (hello 2010s blogging) and embracing "mistakes" in writing to prove they're not chatbots. There's even an “anti-Grammarly" app that leaves in typos and signs off "sent from my iPhone" to create more authenticity: www.wired.com/story/more-t...
I have an indoor air quality monitor in my kitchen (mostly to keep tabs on the gas stove) and the PM2.5 has gradually been increasing all day!
The Reader union is in the middle of contract negotiations, and we could use your support.
Chicago Reader Union@chicagoreaderunion.bsky.social · 3w agoThe Chicago Reader Union has been bargaining w/ Noisy Creek since February. In that time, management has consistently offered proposals that would cut longstanding benefits in exchange for meager pay raises. We need YOU to tell Noisy Creek we deserve better! 🧵 🔗: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
why do so many people on reality shows chop ingredients using paring knives? is nobody in America learning proper knife skills?
"I built a good life for myself thanks to a union" (mild applause) "and got JACKED" (rips off shirt, flexes) (crowd goes nuts)
Jared Yates Sexton@jysexton.bsky.social · 3w agoI'm going to become the Joker
Just discovered the treasury of insight that is the IMDb user reviews of Meet the Press
In rape culture, everything a woman says means yes and nothing she says means no. This seems to assert that though she said not to come over, said no repeatedly, struggled against Platner, an ambiguous prior comment constituted irrevocable consent. Not a shocking breach not to include it.
Marisa Kabas@marisakabas.bsky.social · 4w ago"she asked for it"
Posting this for a friend. If you're anywhere near the Maryland/West Virginia border, please share.
I’m genuinely baffled any time I see a glowing demonstration of consumer tech AI. All these tasks take less than a minute to do yourself and the most complicated task here—“reply to an email”—doesn’t even work.
Apple's New Siri is Actually INSANE
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"Oh, this is going to be so sweet. My name might even become a synonym for one’s signature. 'Just put your Elbridge Gerry right here,' people will say."
It’s Time to Sign the Declaration of Independence, and I, Elbridge Gerry, Will Have the Biggest Signature of All
“Oh, this is going to be so sweet. My name might even become a synonym for one’s signature. ‘Just put your Elbridge Gerry right here,’ people will say.” july...
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Trump is not America. He's anti American. America is eating birria with some randos on folding chairs in the parking lot of the Food 4 Less watching the world cup on a flat screen wearing my knock off Mexico jersey.
Nathan Kalman-Lamb@nkalamb.bsky.social · last mo.Do Americans not understand that their flag is essentially understood as a hate symbol globally?
this one at the Guardian, both reflections on the sins and possibilities of our complicated country. I will not be releasing any essays today, in case you were wondering.
What is the United States of America now? | Rebecca Solnit
The United States of America is … so many things, horrific and magnificent, good and evil, promising and cursed
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These U.S. kits are pretty good but I don't like how there's a big blank space for the numbers that interrupts the stripes. There should be, like, a blue patch with white numerals instead. Or better yet, just have a field of stars we can count every time we need to know a player’s number.
See who at Scientific American shares your hot takes about books and reading, then join the #SciAmSummerReading challenge for a chance at some excellent prizes: www.scientificamerican.com/article/join...
i believe the american experiment is fundamentally good and worth preserving
becca laurie@imbeccable.bsky.social · 2mo agoa beautiful scene on smith street
Who knows if this will get through this round, but it's notable that we're starting to see proposals like this floated. As @amandajean.bsky.social points out, part of the logic here is subsidizing education is bad because it keeps people from having babies: www.heritage.org/education/re...
Debt Collective 🟥@debtcollective.bsky.social · 2mo agoIt's happening 🚨 House GOP representatives are about to introduce a bill that would completely eliminate subsidized student loans. They are trying to make it impossible to go to college unless you can afford to pay for it upfront.
Calling the office of the POTUS “the President position” is a classic Dumb QB thing to say
Denny Carter@dennycarter.bsky.social · 2mo agoJaxson Dart trying to sound nonpartisan. He can barely get the words out.
Along with the great points here, I think people long for tactility. Everyone I know hates the touch screens in cars and prefers dials. A physical media collection is something you can display and organize. A Walkman hums in your hand.
G. Willow Wilson@gwillow.me · 2mo agoPeople don't long for "inconvenience." They long for permanence. And though streaming services may be convenient, people are waking up to the fact that we are paying rent-seeking middle men month after month for things we will never actually own.
Cornell President Michael Kotlikoff struck student protesters with his car. This is why.
This story was broken by The Cornell Sun, which @nytimes.com nowhere cites. As a former editor-in-chief of The Sun — and in the name of brave, amazing college newspapers everywhere — do not treat student journalists as truffle pigs, taking what they've sniffed out without credit or compensation.
Cornell President’s Car Bumps Into Students After Confrontation Over Gaza
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The Tampa Bay Lightning staging a moment for the crowd to sing the *American* national anthem felt very tacky
